Abstract:
The present invention provides a method of treating a raw syngas stream, preferably a raw syngas stream in a gasification process, and an apparatus therefor, the method comprising at least the steps of : (a) providing a raw syngas stream (710) comprising CO, H 2 , HCN, NH 3 , H 2 S, CO 2 and optionally one or both of COS and CS 2 ; (b) passing the raw syngas stream (710) to a hydrolysis unit (750) to hydrolyse HCN and optionally one or both of COS and CS 2 to provide a hydrolysed syngas stream (760) comprising CO, H 2 , H 2 S and CO 2 and a condensed water stream (770) comprising H 2 O, NH 3 , CO 2 and H 2 S; (c) passing the hydrolysed syngas stream (760) to an acid gas removal unit (800) to separate H 2 S and a part of the CO 2 from the hydrolysed syngas stream (760) to provide a treated syngas stream (810) comprising CO 2 , CO and H 2 and an acid off-gas stream (820) comprising H 2 S and CO 2 ; and (d) passing the acid off-gas stream (820) and a sulphur dioxide-comprising stream (960) comprising SO 2 to a catalytic zone (850) to react H 2 S in the acid off-gas stream (820) with SO 2 in the sulphur dioxide-comprising stream (960) according to the reaction: 2H 2 S + SO 2 → 3S + 2H 2 O to provide an elemental sulphur stream (870) and a catalytic zone off-gas stream (860) comprising CO 2 and H 2 O.
Abstract:
The present invention involves a catalytic process for purifying a gas stream comprising purifying the gas stream at a temperature from 250 to 550°C by removing sulfur compounds and including a gas shift reaction to convert carbon monoxide to carbon dioxide to produce a partially purified gas stream. The warm gas stream purification involves COS hydrolysis and hydrogenation to H 2 S, the removal of H 2 S, and a CO gas shift to convert CO to CO 2 to produce a partially purified stream. Then the carbon dioxide and other impurities are removed from the partially purified gas stream.
Abstract:
A process for the recovery of sulfur from an acid gas stream is disclosed. The process includes a Claus sulfur recovery step in combination with a biological sulfur recovery step to provide a sweet gas stream having very low concentrations of hydrogen sulfide and sulfur dioxide. The process includes reacting an acid gas steam with oxygen under such oxidation conditions to yield a combustion gas comprising hydrogen sulfide and sulfur dioxide so as to have a ratio of hydrogen sulfide to sulfur dioxide exceeding 2:1, preferably from 2:1 to 30:1. The combustion gas is reacted under Claus reaction conditions to yield a reaction gas comprising sulfur. Sulfur is recovered from the reaction gas to yield a tail gas comprising a concentration of hydrogen sulfide and less than 1000 ppm sulfur dioxide. The tail gas is contacted with a lean absorbent thereby remove from the tail gas a portion of the hydrogen sulfide contained therein and to yield a sweet gas and a rich solvent comprising dissolved hydrogen sulfide. The dissolved hydrogen sulfide of the rich solvent is biologically oxidized to elemental sulfur by contacting the rich solvent with sulfur bacteria under suitable biological oxidation conditions with the rich solvent.
Abstract:
A process for removing sulphur-containing contaminants including hydrogen sulphide, from a gas stream, comprising the steps of subjecting the gas stream to an oxidation treatment, extracting heat from the resulting gas stream, reacting catalytically H2 S from said cooled gas stream with sulphur dioxide at elevated temperature to obtain a gas stream which comprises sulphur and water, separating sulphur thereby obtaining a H2 S-lean gas stream, subjecting it to an oxidation treatment, extracting heat from the S02-enriched gas stream obtained therein; subjecting a sulphur-containing residual hydrocarbon product to an oxidation treatment to obtain a gas stream which contains S02, extracting heat from said gas stream which comprises S02, subjecting both streams containing S02 to a quench process, absorbing S02 from the resulting gas stream to obtain a S02-enriched absorption solvent which is regenerated and using the S02-enriched gas stream produced therein as S02 source for Claus Process.
Abstract:
Sulfur and sulfur compounds are removed from a gas stream, such as a hydrocarbon fuel gas stream so as to render the gas stream suitable for use in a fuel cell power plant. Natural gas and recycled hydrogen enters the hydrodesulfurizer assembly at a temperature of about 120 DEG F. The gas stream is heated to a temperature of about 625 DEG F whereupon it enters a desulfurizing bed (44) formed from a mixture of platinum catalyst deposited on alumina pellets (46) and a pelletized zinc oxide hydrogen sulfide absorbent (48). The gas is cooled to an exit temperature of about 525 DEG F as it passes through the desulfurizer bed. The desulfurizer bed is combined with a shift converter (6) which reduces carbon monoxide in the desulfurized gas stream after the latter has passed through a steam reformer bed.
Abstract:
A process for removing contaminants, including hydrogen sulphide, from a gas stream, comprising the steps of subjecting the gas stream to a Claus Process; subjecting the tail gas obtained in said Claus Process to a SCOT process; recycling the hydrogen sulphide-enriched gas obtained in said SCOT process to the gas stream for the Claus Porcess; subjecting a sulphur-containing residual hydrocarbon product to oxidation to obtain a gas stream which comprises sulphur dioxide; cooling and quenching said gas stream which comprises sulphur dioxide; absorbing said sulphur dioxide with an absorption solvent to obtain a sulphur dioxide-enriched absorption solvent which is regenerated and the sulphur dioxide - enriched gas stream produced therein is used as sulphur dioxide source for Claus Process.
Abstract:
The present invention involves a catalytic process for purifying a gas stream comprising purifying the gas stream at a temperature from 250 to 550°C by removing sulfur compounds and including a gas shift reaction to convert carbon monoxide to carbon dioxide to produce a partially purified gas stream. The warm gas stream purification involves COS hydrolysis and hydrogenation to H2S, the removal of H2S, and a CO gas shift to convert CO to CO2 to produce a partially purified stream. Then the carbon dioxide and other impurities are removed from the partially purified gas stream.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method and apparatus for producing liquid hydro carbonaceous product (1) such as biofuel from solid biomass (2). The method comprises a gasifying step for gasifying solid biomass (2) in a gasifier (6) to produce raw synthesis gas (3), conditioning of the raw synthesis gas (3) to purify the raw synthesis gas (3) to obtain purified synthesis gas (4) having a molar ratio of hydrogen to carbon monoxide between 2.5 to 1 and 0.5 to 1, preferably to between 2.1 to 1 and 1.8 to 1, more preferably about 2 to 1, and subjecting purified synthesis gas (4) to a Fischer-Tropsch synthesis in a Fischer-Tropsch reactor (5) to produce liquid hydro carbonaceous product (1).
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method and apparatus for producing liquid hydro carbonaceous product (1) such as biofuel from solid biomass (2). The method comprises a gasifying step for gasifying solid biomass (2) in a gasifier (6) to produce raw synthesis gas (3), conditioning of the raw synthesis gas (3) to purify the raw synthesis gas (3) to obtain purified synthesis gas (4) having a molar ratio of hydrogen to carbon monoxide between 2.5 to 1 and 0.5 to 1, preferably to between 2.1 to 1 and 1.8 to 1, more preferably about 2 to 1, and subjecting purified synthesis gas (4) to a Fischer-Tropsch synthesis in a Fischer- Tropsch reactor (5) to produce liquid hydro carbonaceous product (1).